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  • Poor Uptake for Youth Fund

    THERE has been a low uptake on the Youth Fund launched two years ago by Old Mutual as only US$2,7 million has been disbursed out of the US$10 million set aside to help young people in various empowerment projects. Lack of requisite skills have also been cited as it emerged that out of more than US$4 million worth of projects approved, only US$2,7 million has been disbursed from the fund being ...

  • Winter Rain Normal - Met Department

    The Meteorological Services Department says there is nothing unusual about recent rains that fell in most parts of the country. "It is normal to have rainfall in May but it would be unusual if there are hailstorms and thunderstorms," said Mr Tichaona Zinyemba, head of forecasting at the Met Department. Rain fell in most parts of the country over the past few days with some areas ...

  • Mpala Elected Junior Governor for Harare

    Anthony Mpala, a Lower Six student from Gateway High School, has been elected Child Governor for Harare Metropolitan Province during an election held at Queen Elizabeth High School today. The election comes as a precursor to the official opening of the 21st session of the Junior Parliament slated for June 15. The event was also used to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the African Union with ...

  • Media Information 2013 May

    The Zambezi River Basin Atlas of the Changing Environment, the first of its kind in the Zambezi River Basin and in southern Africa, will be launched on 29 May in Luanda, Angola at a meeting of SADC Ministers responsible for Water. The Atlas uses satellite images, high resolution photographs, illustrative text and graphics to present various socio-economic issues in the Zambezi basin, and ...

  • Zim treason charges for viewing Egypt on TV

    The Robert Mugabe government on 19 February ordered the arrest of 46 activists attending a meeting organised by the International Socialist Organisation at which footage of the Egypt protests were shown and discussed. These 46 now have been charged with treason. "They were watching DVD news clips of the protests in Tunisia and Egypt," Roselyn Hanzi of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human ...


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Coraline

Coraline

Based on Neil Gaimans 2002 novel and brought to life with a seamless and heady blend of stop-motion animation and CGI, Henry Selicks Coraline is a modern-day fairy tale firmly rooted in one of childhoods most primal fantasies: that there is a better world where we truly belong--where paren ... ...

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  • Zimbabweans missing after Egypt party

    Five young Zimbabweans have gone "missing" after celebrating the victory of the Egyptian revolution. The five opposition supporters are believed to be in ...

  • Im No Celeb - Dananai

    One bracelet, matching gold earrings and hair pulled on the left shoulder with a designer gold gown made her the crowd's favourite and dazzled the judges who were left with no option but declare her the winner in the tightly contested beauty pageant. Crowned at a prestigious inaugural pageant and beating other 18 girls to become Miss Carnival 2013, 21-year old Dananai Chipunza has a story ...

  • Masekos Body Expected in Harare Today

    National hero Major General Jevan Maseko (Retired)'s body is expected in Harare from Bulawayo today where it will lie in state before burial at the National Heroes Acre tomorrow. Maj-Gen Maseko (Rtd) succumbed to renal failure, amyloidosis cancer and diabetes on Monday. The body was taken to his rural home in Umguza yesterday and later returned to his Bulawayo home at Number 19, Kildare ...

  • Mother Foils Married Sons Secret Wedding

    A Harare woman yesterday blocked her married son from secretly wedding his pregnant lover at the Harare Magistrates Courts by raising objections to the union before publicly assaulting him for daring to solemnise the extra-marital affair. Alexander Mugano took to his heels after being assaulted by his mother, leaving his would-be bride Rachael Marawo behind. After Mugano escaped from the ...

  • Record Zimbabwe debts to Equatorial Guinea

    Equatorial Guinea has emerged as one of Zimbabwe's main creditors following massive unpaid oil deliveries since the surrender of coup plotter Simon Mann from Harare to Malabo in ...

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